Abstract. Social networking services (SNS) offer new ways of tackling challenges related to maintaining elders ’ autonomy in their later life, ageing in place, loneliness and cost pressures of welfare system in ageing communities. In this paper we present a communal activity-monitoring concept that utilizes SNS and sensor technology. We propose that acceptability of the activitymonitoring system can be increased with context aware data delivery and by using social media as a platform for the monitoring system